The pledge I read does not prohibit a beer with dinner unless there was a University function you were required to attend within 6 hours of drinking that beer or you were inviting students over to have dinner with you.
You can drink your beer at home all you want.
The way I read it, it would prohibit the use of alcohol in public places. Not sure what I missed.
Or in a public place, which you neglected in your post.
Cannot go to an Italian restaurant and get a glass of red wine to go with your pasta.
“The pledge I read does not prohibit a beer with dinner ...”
It does if the dinner is in a public place, like a restaurant.
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Apparently you did not read the whole thing.
4. I will not use alcoholic beverages in the presence of students, and I will abstain from serving, from using, and from advocating the use of alcoholic beverages in public (e.g. in locations that are open to use by the general public, including as some examples restaurants, concert venues, stadiums, and sports facilities) and in settings in which students are present or are likely to be present. I will not attend any University sponsored event in which I have consumed alcohol within the last six hours. Neither will I promote or encourage the use of alcohol.
Here, this is taken directly from Paragraph #4 which I posted previously:
"I will abstain from serving, from using, and from advocating the use of alcoholic beverages in public (e.g. in locations that are open to use by the general public, including as some examples restaurants, concert venues, stadiums, and sports facilities)"
I hope that makes it clearer now......As far as I know, beer is still considered an alcoholic beverage, is it not?
So let's say I'm a single or married man that doesn't use drugs or engage in homosexual activity. If I take my wife or a date to dinner and we decide to have a cocktail with our meal I'm in violation of university policy?
No thanks. A little over the top don't you think?